The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1887-06-24
THE COLUMBIAN AND DEMOCRAT BIO IOOMsBURG COLUMBIA

the spinal cord.
Seniors-Dept. Sapt. J. q. Sfewdrt.
1. Write your name and home address.
3. Your age.
B. How many terms have you attended
this school
A. Have you taught public school II
so, how many months
Juniors-PTncipai 7, B. Moss.
ALGEBRA
I. Given plus equal 5xy and 5y
minus 3x equal KY, to find and y.
2. II three pipes can fill cistern in a,
b and minutes, respectively, in what time
will it be filled by all three running to-
gether2
8. Show that 0 equal 1.
4. Add the square root OF oNE-HALF, the
square root of EIGHT, and the square root
of RIaHTRRN.
8. Expand (m minus NJ 9th power by
the binominal theorem.
9. Given the difference OF the square
roots of two quantities (the first, x plus
the square root Of x; the second, minus
the square root of x) equal to three halves
of the square root of fraction whose
numerstor is x, and denominator plus
the square root Of to find X.
Z Factor x16 power-yS power.
Seniors-Supt L. 0. Foosc
CESAR.
1. What do you understand by the
Helvetian war
2. How are the conjugations distin'
guished from one another in Latin Illus
trate.
3. Name the Irregular Verbs, and give
synopsis Of one of them, in three moods,
in both singular and plural, giving only
one person.
4. Translate res ut est Helvetiis
per indicium enunciata, moribus suis Or
getorigem ex vinculis caussam deere
coegerunt. Damnatum poenam sequi
oportebat, ut igni cremaretur.
8. Give mood and tense Of each verb.
6. Govern moribus, caussam, deere,
damnatum.
Z. Translate: demum Liscus ora
tione C@saris adductus, ,quod antea tacuerat,
pr oponit; esse nonullos, quorum auctoritas
apud plebem plurimum valeat;qui privatm,
plus possint, guam ipsi magistratus.
8. Construe, oratione, esse, nonullos,
magistratus.
| 8. Write four English words which are
derived from Latin words, or their roots,
found in this exercise.
SENIORS.
Pedagogics SupL j. @. Ste,oart.
l. What is teaching
2. Name some of the essential quaifica-
tions OF good teacher.
5. Enumerate the more important duties
to be performed by the teacher In the or
ganization and classification of the school.
A. Name three of the more important
objects of the recitation, and state what
special preparation on the part of the
teacher is necessary for each exercise.
g. What means would you employ to
secure proper expression and distinct ut
teranco in reading, correctness in spelling,
and legibility in writing?
g. Explain what is meant by the devel-
opment of ideas.
Z. What is the method of developing
thought, and how may children be trained
TO express their thoughts in good lsngage
8. Mention some Of the more important
means 10 be employed at school in the for
nation of good habits.
8. How would you secure, as far as
possible, regularity and punctuality on the
part of your pupils, and interest in your
school on the part of the parents and di-
rectors
Seniors-Pincipal T. B. Moss.
GEOMETRY.
/. Prove the sum OF the interior angles
of triangle equal to two right angles.
2. Length of this room, AZ feet, width,
33 feet, height, IA feet; what is the dis
tance from the N. E. upper corner to the
s. E. lower corner?
3. Prove that if four quantities are in
proportion, they are in proportion by di-
vision.
4. State five propositions concerning
the intersection of one line with two
others.
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muse of right angle triangle is equal to
the sum of the squares on the other two
sides.
6. What is the chief benefit to be de-
rived from the study of geometry
Juniors-Supt. j. s. Grimes.
| GEOGRAPHY.
1. Name the most ancient and celebrated
country of Africa, Its capital, boundaries,
products, pecuisrties of soil and climate,
describe its people, government, famous
structures.
2. How many degrees from the tropic of
Cancer to the Arctic circle
3. State the proofs that the earth is
spherical. What causes the seasons +?
4. What is climate What are the four
principal conditions that cause variations
in climate
5. What are isothermal lines Why are
they not parallel to the Equator ?
9. Why is it colder in Winter than in
Summer? Why are the days longer in the
Summer than in the Winter
7. Locate the following and tell what
they are Matapan, Mobile, Cabul, tkah,
booD, Indus, st. Helena, Shetland, For.
mosa, Labrador, Morea.
8. Say what you can of the Arctic ex-
plorations.
0. Name our principal exports; ten i'm
ports and the countries from which they
come.
10. Name the states that touch the Miss
issppi River, and their capitals and largest
cities.
Name the ten largest cities of the United
States, their situation and principal in
dustry.
12. Name the Five Great Powers of Eu
rope, their capitals, language, government
and religion.
49, What European powers have pos
sessions IN Asia
IA. To whom does the West Indies be
long2
10. Draw map of Brazil.
49, Which is the farther from Albany, q
point 100 north, or one 100 west Of 1t and
whyf
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